Sentences with phrase «small length scales»

On small length scales (diffusive boundary layer ≤ 10 ^ -2 m) where the transport or the supply of chemical substances is not governed by advection or turbulent mixing (Lazier and Mann, 1989), chemical conversion and diffusion are the dominant mechanisms.»

It is based on boron nitride, a graphene - like 2D material, and was selected because of its capability to manipulate infrared light on extremely small length scales, which could be applied for the development of miniaturized chemical sensors or for heat management in nanoscale optoelectronic devices.

«If you can image the size of the material's magnetic domains and how they evolve on small length scales, that gives you information about the value and strength of these interactions,» she added.

Various theories exist and they predict some curious effects on extremely small length scales, which may throw new light on the nature of the universe.

«Our lens will offer other researchers greater flexibility for manipulating UV light at small length scales,» says Lezec.

Further, in areas of the ocean with persistent or frequent eddies, Qiu and co-authors from the Japan Meteorological Agency, Caltech and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory determined that sea level can reliably be used to calculate circulation at a fairly high resolution, that is, at fairly small length scales (resolution of 10 miles).

However, until recently it was not possible to directly measure how such phase transitions proceed on small length scales.

Though it is unintuitive at large scales, the process of generating two electrons from one photon is perfectly allowable at extremely small length scales.

«The most important benefit to us is that the upgrade will increase the spatial resolution of our images, allowing us to study these dynamic processes at smaller length scales.

Dr. Heiner Friedrich explains: «Because the process happens so rapidly, and at such a small length scale we needed to cryogenically arrest the sample at various stages of the process.

According to an ESA press release, it means they must be smaller than 10 - 48 metres, many orders of magnitude smaller than the Planck length of 10 - 35 metres, the universe's smallest length scale.

(Of course, the distinction between «ice» and «water» begins to lose meaning at such a small length scale since phases of matter are themselves a macroscopic concept.)

Not exact matches

Our work illustrates the dual behavior of wave propagation when scales are reduced to a length where small - and larger - scale wave propagation converge.»

The prototype is small — 28.6 millimeters in length, or just over one inch — but Yu said it could easily be scaled up.

The dragged object must be smaller than the length scale over which the light waves remain orderly and «coherent,» Saénz says.

Its main purpose is to determine whether our universe acts like a 2 - D hologram, where information is coded into two - dimensional bits at the Planck scale, a length around ten trillion trillion times smaller than an atom.

«As length scales become smaller from several hundred miles to a few tens of miles, we discovered the point at which geostrophic balance becomes no longer valid — meaning that sea level is no longer useful for calculating ocean circulation,» said Qiu, professor at the UHM School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).

At smaller size and length scales in nature, however, such as those involving atoms and photons and their behaviors, classical physics falls short.

Sensitive detectors can tell if the length of the arms of a LIGO detector varies by as little as 1/10, 000 the width of a proton, representing the incredibly small scale of the effects imparted by passing gravitational waves.

«Back in 2011, my student Xiaoshu Chen, who has worked with us again on this study, figured out how to make vertically oriented gaps as small as 1 nm over a centimetre length scale.

Nanotechnology refers to manipulating the structure of matter on a length scale of some small number of nanometers, interpreted by different people at different times as meaning anything from 0.1 nm (controlling the arrangement of individual atoms) to 100 nm or more (anything smaller than microtechnology).

The prototype is small - 28.6 millimeters in length, or just over one inch - but Yu said it could easily be scaled up.

In lengths from short to long (and in - between), these have - to - have pieces deliver big style on a smaller scale.

I have more than fifteen years of editing experience, from small - scale projects of just a few pages to full - length books.

This selection features small scale works, the largest measuring no more than 60 cm in length, all of which was completed specifically for this show.

The length scales that are resolved in these models is typically on the order of 100s of kilometers (i.e. features that size or smaller are not directly resolved).

But what you didn't report is the next sentence: «It can be shown that a time - dependent description of the carbonate system is indispensable when time scales smaller than 90 s are involved (length scale of the diffusive boundary layer ~ 10 ^ -4 m)».

In the text he says: «While a description by equilibrium properties is reasonable for most of the mentioned phenomena an analogous treatment of processes on small time and length scales is inadequate.

Climate models can not simulate clouds explicitly because their dynamic scales (10 - 100 m) are much smaller than typical length scales of climate model grid boxes (25 - 100 km).

It can be shown that a time - dependent description of the carbonate system is indispensable when time scales smaller than 90 s are involved (length scale of the diffusive boundary layer ~ 10 ^ -4 m)»

When the spread is small compared to the mean (at a defined time and length scale), the parcel of air is moving fairly uniformly and can be approximated by a smooth flow represented by the mean of the distribution.

We wanted to illustrate the potential of a long - term regional homogenized dataset mainly in three areas: (i) the high spatial density, which allows the study of small scale spatial variability patterns; (ii) the length of the series in the region which shows clear features concerning trends starting early in the pre-industrial period; and (iii) the vertical component in climate variability up to the 700 - hPa level.

Opt for large - scale pieces like coffee tables or full - length mirrors like the one pictured here or go small with accessories like a jewelry box or photo frame.